It’s kind of weird that that few people see the continuity between hashtags and the tactical spectacles of the 60s. Part of me thinks that failing to see it is a willed effort, which is how I interpret Shabazz’s comments. But if I’m more generous, and assume that people just don’t get it, I’m not really sure how to get more people to see social media as a critical platform.

I once tried a technical explanation, saying that hashtags are an “index of frequency,” since they collect, organize and illustrate how topics are being talked about (and who is talking about them), but it didn’t fly. Is this widespread misunderstanding of hashtags/social media just one of those chasms that can’t be crossed?

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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:33:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=17276#comment-258513This post is almost two years old, and it’s only become truer.
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Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:46:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22447#comment-258512I’m just mad because I’ve been trying to get my hands on a throwback Caddie, and they got one in blue. I’m going to console myself with the thought that gramps in the back probably just took it off of bricks, in his garage.
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:24:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22447#comment-258511Ain’t these the dudes who be buying y’all drinks at Stan’s?
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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:01:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22447#comment-258510LMAOOOO look at these cat daddies. Now are these real senior citizens, or is that makeup?
]]>Comment on Random Midday Hotness: Classic Man. by Gene Dembyhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/26/random-midday-hotness-classic-man/comment-page-1/#comment-258509
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:57:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22448#comment-258509has anyone come up with a pithy name yet for black gingers?
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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:49:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22448#comment-258508I love redheads and beards so this is right up my alley <3. Also, the gratuitous Beats hardware plugs are too much in all these videos these days. Like the song though!
]]>Comment on Malcolm X, 50 Years On. by TKOEdhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/21/malcolm-x-50-years/comment-page-1/#comment-258507
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:36:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22414#comment-258507“But seriously, there’s nothing I’ve ever read or seen attributed to Malcolm that would put him anywhere near the Progressive Left”

That’s the 1st line you quote.

Later Blanks goes on to list what he thinks Malcolm stood for. Those 2 things together to me strongly suggests someone who doesn’t believe “the Progressive Left” also shares those values.

Furthermore, I don’t think Malcolm believed that *any* govt, racist or not SHOULD provide those things. Not for Black folks in their place in America at the time.

I don’t disagree that much if not most of what Malcolm stood for is far from “leftist.”
I agree completely with your 2nd paragraph. But I think what we see with Malcolm’s legacy is a lot of folks are aware that this was a man whose was rapidly evolving in his outlook. And unfortunately we get a lot of people ascribing to him things that represent where they think he was headed.

]]>Comment on Malcolm X, 50 Years On. by Gene Dembyhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/21/malcolm-x-50-years/comment-page-1/#comment-258506
Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:19:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22414#comment-258506I don’t think that’s what he’s implying at all. I think he’s arguing that Malcolm was skeptical that a racist American government would provide those jobs.

I think the rest of his point is seriously worth engaging. After I wrote this, I started thinking of all the ways the #BlackLivesMatters folks really do have substantive differences with Malcolm X, both in terms of the way their movement is focused (like direct actions) but also in terms of things like the way the movement is structured (like their deep suspicions of the “charismatic male leader” model of leadership that Malcolm embodied).

]]>Comment on Malcolm X, 50 Years On. by TKOEdhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/21/malcolm-x-50-years/comment-page-1/#comment-258499
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:40:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22414#comment-258499“He wanted jobs and dignity for black people, and he didn’t believe the government as instituted in the United States could provide it.”

This rubs me the wrong way. He seems to be implying, in typical libertarian fashion I’d add, that the the left doesn’t want jobs & dignity for Black folks.

And if anything, I think the left that has embraced Malcolm is the Black left. Not white liberals & white lefiststs. Which I think we’re all aware are very different factions.

]]>Comment on Malcolm X, 50 Years On. by basikhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/21/malcolm-x-50-years/comment-page-1/#comment-258498
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 04:05:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22414#comment-258498After reading Ilyasah Shabazz piece I was deeply disappointed. It reminds the fairly similarly finger wagging that Oprah has done . Its incredible we have these “leaders” that criticize from afar saying, telling us we are not doing it right while they promote their new books and movies, while offering no real solutions.
]]>Comment on Back On It. by Aishahttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/09/back/comment-page-1/#comment-258489
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:59:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22351#comment-258489Glad you all are back!
]]>Comment on President’s Day. by G Nicehttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/16/presidents-day/comment-page-1/#comment-258486
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:31:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22399#comment-258486I have to agree, just because the times were different does not excuse racism. We do not give Hitler a pass so we should not give Presidents a pass.
]]>Comment on PostBourgie: The Podcast | #27: Bad Romance. by Gene Dembyhttp://www.postbourgie.com/2015/02/14/27-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-258485
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:49:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22387#comment-258485For sound reasons, we had to strip out one of the stories involving a different kind of third wheel — judging from some other details shared, we’re pretty sure the much-older dude who tagged along on that date was actually a parole office. SMH.
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Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:51:00 +0000http://www.postbourgie.com/?p=22387#comment-258483My takeaway from this is that there are men who will find a way to involve the mother of their child(ren) on their dates with other women. We need a hotline. A support group!
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